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For a better adhesion to the glass plate, when printing with PLA, you might try my "salt method":
- Clean the glass plate with handwarm pure tap water only, no soap.
- Wipe the glass with a tissue moistened with very salt water, and gently keep wiping until it dries and leaves a thin, even mist of salt stuck to the glass.
- Then print your model with the glass heated to 60°C. This gives a very good bonding when hot. For me this works much better than using the glue stick, or than printing on bare glass. I never use brims or rafts, even not for difficult models (except for inverted pyramids, thus top-down). I have only used it with PLA.
- After completion, let the glass plate cool down to room temp (25°C), and then the models will pop-off by themself. No force required.
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For a better adhesion to the glass plate, when printing with PLA, you might try my "salt method":
- Clean the glass plate with handwarm pure tap water only, no soap.
- Wipe the glass with a tissue moistened with very salt water, and gently keep wiping until it dries and leaves a thin, even mist of salt stuck to the glass.
- Then print your model with the glass heated to 60°C. This gives a very good bonding when hot. For me this works much better than using the glue stick, or than printing on bare glass. I never use brims or rafts, even not for difficult models (except for inverted pyramids, thus top-down). I have only used it with PLA.
- After completion, let the glass plate cool down to room temp (25°C), and then the models will pop-off by themself. No force required.
See the full manual and tips and photos at:
https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/personeel/geert-keteleer/manuals/
Let us know how well it works for you.
Geert
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ericergen 0
thanks, ill give that a try next time!
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